For Scottish Justice, Boris Johnson cheated on …

Boris Johnson was accused of having deceived the Queen about his motive for suspending Parliament, after a court ruled that the decision to close Westminster's doors to parliamentarians was "illegal." And a former Attorney General said that Johnson should resign from his post as prime minister if the London Supreme Court upheld the High Court ruling in Scotland next week.

Parliament closed Tuesday during the first five hours of the week, amid dramatic scenes of lawmakers waving banners with the slogan "Silent". In a devastating decision, the Edinburgh Court of Sessions announced that it would issue an order declaring the prime minister's recommendation to the Queen "unlawful" and the suspension pronounced on her behalf "null and void".

Downing Street said it was "disappointed" by the decision, which overturned an earlier finding that the decision to suspend Parliament belonged to politicians and not to the courts. A spokesman said the government would abide by the decision of the Supreme Court, which would hear his appeal on 17 September.

In Wednesday's ruling, a panel of three judges, chaired by Scottish Judiciary President Lord Carloway, rejected Johnson's badertion that the goal of the closure of parliament was to prepare for present its legislative agenda for next year. which is known as "The Queen's Speech" on October 14th. Instead, they stated that he was "motivated by the inappropriate purpose of preventing Parliament".

Lord Carloway said that the documents provided by the government itself showed that the "real reason" for the suspension was to avoid parliamentary control of their actions. However, the judges stated that they would not publish the documents in question. And Lord Brodie described Johnson's measure as "a tactic to thwart the Parliament" and allow the executive to follow a Brexit policy without agreement, without further interference by Parliament. "

Scottish National Party MP Joanna Cherry, one of the 78 parliamentarians who presented the case, said: "It was discovered that Boris Johnson had acted illegally. It was discovered that he had deceived the queen. We feel completely justified. "

Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: "Parliament must be called immediately to allow the necessary control work to continue."

Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve, who ceased to be a Conservative parliamentary leader last week after being rebelled against Johnson's efforts to maintain the option of not negotiating Brexit , said to the BBC: "If this was the case that the government had tricked the queen about the reasons for the suspension of Parliament, which would be very serious.In fact, from my point of view, it would be time for Johnson to resign and very quickly ".

And his former lawyer and lawyer, Sir Menzies Campbell, told BBC Radio 5 Live that it was "unequivocal" that the Prime Minister resigns when it was proven that he had acted inappropriately . "Buckingham Palace is not going to like that," Campbell said.

"If, as it is claimed, information suggested that the real objective was Parliament's frustration and that this had not been revealed to the Queen, she would have the disadvantage of receiving inaccurate or inadequate advice. And as she is obliged to accept the Prime Minister's advice, I think she focuses very, very precisely on the conduct of the prime minister and her future in that role. "

Unite union general secretary Len McCluskey joked that Johnson should stay out of Scotland or be "subject to arrest by a citizen".

A spokesman for the government said: "We are disappointed with this decision and will appeal to the Supreme Court. The government needs to introduce a strong national legislative agenda. The suspension of the parliament is the legal and necessary means to achieve this ".

We do not see how the suspension could be lifted. Downing Street hinted that this would imply that the Privy Council is giving new advice to the Queen at a meeting following the Supreme Court's decision, though other Westminster experts believe that the President of the House of Commons could simply resume the sessions if the closing of the convention was declared. no

From the Independent of Great Britain. Special for Page12. Celita Doyhambéhère Translation